Paul Ryburn’s Journal

If you go to Downtown Huey’s and order their chili cheese tamales to go, the total with tax and $0.50 to-go charge [...]

Just a reminder that Bardog Tavern is having a Mardi Gras party for Fat Tuesday.  Or at least I’m assuming they are, because they ran an ad in the Flyer mentioning Fat Tuesday with their dog mascot in a Mardi Gras mask.  “Throw me some beads, I’ll throw you a bone,” read the ad.  So I’m [...]

Yesterday a few of the brunch crew and I tried Circa by John Bragg.

Pictured above is the dish I ordered, the Eggs Victor, which is a variation of Eggs Benedict with lump crabmeat, caviar, and hollandaise sauce atop poached eggs on muffins.

I had run into John the night before at Bardog, and he attempted [...]

Chef Clint lays out the pies and fills the PBRtini glasses.

Isn’t it a little unfair to have a chef from another restaurant in the pie-eating contest?  He could have had unlimited practice this week eating his own cooking.

Ruchee proves that ladies can be competitve [...]

Socks, the presidential cat during Bill Clinton’s years in office, died Friday.  He was suffering from throat cancer and was put to sleep by Bettie Curry, Clinton’s former secretary who has been the cat’s guardian since 2002.  Socks was 20 years old.  More [...]

Weekday lunch spot the Court House Deli got its Cajun chili mentioned in the Commercial Appeal in Jennifer Biggs’ “Best Finds” column.  Glad to see the place getting some recognition – it’s an inexpensive little lunch spot that is one of Downtown’s gems.

When you order their chili, you’ll be asked if you want it “with everything” [...]

The Red Rooster’s 1st birthday celebration continues tonight as Aquanet takes the stage.  Let me say it one more time:  Aquanet. Is. Awesome.  They’re an ’80s hair band cover band, and they do more than just perform the songs, they have the big hair and costumes and lights and everything.  Quite a spectacle, and the Rooster’s [...]

Somehow this event slipped through the cracks up ’til today… if you’re into rock climbing, you may want to head to BRIDGES, on Auction between Fourth and Fifth in Uptown, tonight.  Once a month they have a 35 foot high rock wall that covers 1400 square feet, with courses laid out by professionals, 8 top rope [...]

The CA’s food critic reviewed Orleans on Front today. You can read the review here.  Good review, but she got the date of their Mardi Gras party wrong – it’s Saturday night, February 21, not Tuesday night.

Also, her article says that the bar is open from 10 PM to 3 AM.  That’s wrong too.  The [...]

Just a reminder that Mississippi brewery Lazy Magnolia will do a limited release of their Sweet Potato Stout beer at the Flying Saucer tonight at 7 PM.  If you’ve never tasted sweet potato-flavored beer before, this is your chance… but your window of opportunity will close quickly, because there’s only one keg.

Not normally a big fan [...]